 
The Sibelius Edition - 7: Songs
BIS-CD-1918/20 (5 discs)
DDD
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 81'09"/76'41"/78'11"/75'42"/44'28" - TT 356'11"
Tracks: 30+29+27+32+17
Booklet pages: 236+56
© 2008 BIS Records AB
Reviewer: Robert Anderson
Review of The Sibelius Edition - 7: Songs published on 23 May 2009
Johan (Jean) Christus Julius Sibelius (1865-1957):
Songs
CD1:
1 Serenad JS167 (1887-88)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
2 Medan nordanvinden gnyr (While the North Wind Roars) (1888)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Marko Ylönen, cello
3 Näcken (The Watersprite) JS 138 (1888)
Dramatic 'runic sorcery' for soprano, recitation, violin, cello and piano
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Lasse Pöysti, recitation, Jaakko Kuusisto, violin, Joel Laakso, cello, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
4 Då världar ännu skapade ej voro (When Worlds Still Uncreated Were) JS 56 (1888, fragment)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Marko Ylönen, cello, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
5 En visa JS 71 (1888)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
6 Solen slog himlen röd ... (The Sun Reddened the Sky ...) (1888, fragment)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
7 Orgier (Orgies) JS 143 (1888-89)
Dan Karlström, tenor, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
8 Skogsrået (The Wood-Nymph) JS 171 (1888-89)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
9 Höstkväll (Autumn Evening) (1888-89, fragment)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
10 Flickan gick en vintermorgon (The Maiden Went One Winter Morning) (1890-92, fragment)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
11 Jag kysser dig [och ledsnar] ej (I Kiss You and Weary Not) (1889-91)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
12 Löjet var utan hem (Wit Was Without a Home) (1890-91)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
13 Likhet (Alikeness) JS 120 (1890)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
14 Den första kyssen (The First Kiss) JS 57 (1891-92)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
15 Tule, tule kultani (Come, Come My Sweetheart) JS 211 (1892)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Seven Runeberg Songs Op 13
16 Under strandens granar (Under the Fir-Trees) (1892)
17 Kyssens hopp (The Kiss's Hope) (1892)
18 Hjärtats morgon (The Heart's Morning) (1890)
19 Våren flyktar hastigt (Spring Flies Speedily) (1891)
20 Drömmen (The Dream) (1891)
21 Till Frigga (To Frigga) (1892)
22 Jägargossen (The Young Huntsman) (1891)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
Seven Songs Op 17
23 Se'n har jag ej frågat mera (Since Then I Have Questioned No Further) (1890-92)
24 Sov in! (Go to Sleep!) (1891-92/1894)
25 Fågellek (Play of the Birds) (1891)
26 Vilse (Astray) (1898, revised 1902)
27 En slända (A Dragonfly) (1904)
28 Illalle (To Evening) (1898)
29 Lastu Iainehilla (Driftwood) (1902)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
30 Koskenlaskijan morsiamet (The Rapids-Rider's Brides) Op 33 (1897) (First recording of this arrangement for voice and piano by the composer)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
CD2:
1 Sången om korsspindeln (Fool's Song of the Spider) Op 27 No 4 (1898) (from the music to Adolf Paul's play Kung Kristian II - arrangement for voice and piano by the composer)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Love Derwinger, piano
2 Segelfahrt (Sailing) JS 166 (1899)
Dan Karlström, tenor, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
3 Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, Duck, Swim) JS 180 (1899)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
4 Andantino in E flat minor (Sigh, Sigh, Sedges) JS 42 (1900)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Six Songs Op 36
5 Svarta rosor (Black Roses) (1899)
6 Men min fågel märks dock icke (But My Bird is Long in Homing) (1899)
7 Bollspelet vid Trianon (Tennis at Trianon) (1899)
8 Säv, säv, susa (Sigh, Sigh, Sedges) (1900)
9 Marssnön (The March Snow) (1900)
10 Demanten på marssnön (The Diamond on the March Snow) (1900)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
Five Songs Op 37
11 Den första kyssen (The First Kiss) (1900)
12 Lasse liten (Little Lass) (1902)
13 Soluppgång (Sunrise) (1902)
14 Var det en dröm? (Was it a Dream?) (1902)
15 Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The Tryst) (1901)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
16 Jag ville, jag vore i Indialand (I wish I were in India) (1903-4) (first recording)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Five Songs Op 38
17 Höstkväll (Autumn Evening) (1903)
18 På verandan vid havet (On a Balcony by the Sea) (1903)
19 I natten (In the Night) (1903)
20 Harpolekaren och hans son (The Harper and his Son) (1904)
21 Jag ville, jag vore i Indialand (I wish I were in India) (1904)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
22 Les trois soeurs aveugles (The Three Blind Sisters) JS 147 No 6 (Op 46 No 4) (1905)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
Six Songs Op 50 (1906)
23 Lenzgesang (Spring Song)
24 Sehnsucht (Longing)
25 Im Feld ein Mädchen singt (In the Field a Maid Sings)
26 Aus banger Brust (From Anxious Heart)
27 Die stille Stadt (The Silent City)
28 Rosenlied (Song of the Roses)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
29 Erloschen (Extinguished) JS 73 (1906)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
CD3:
Two Songs Op 35 (1908)
1 Jubal
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
2 Teodora
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
3 Vänskapens blomma (The Flower of Friendship) JS 215 (1909)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Eight Songs Op 57 (1909)
4 Älven och snigeln (The River and the Snail)
5 En blomma stod vid vägen (A Flower Stood by the Wayside)
6 Kvarnhjulet (The Mill-wheel)
7 Maj (May)
8 Jag är ett träd (I am a Tree)
9 Hertig Magnus (Duke Magnus)
10 Vänskapens blomma (The Flower of Friendship)
11 Näcken (The Watersprite)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Love Derwinger, piano
Two Songs from 'Twelfth Night' Op 60 (1909) (arangements for voice and piano by the composer)
12 Kom nu hit, död! (Come Away, Death!)
13 Hållilå, uti storm och i regn (Hey, ho, the Wind and the Rain)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Eight Songs Op 61 (1910)
14 Långsamt som kvällskyn (Slowly as the Evening Sky)
15 Vattenplask (Lapping Waters)
16 När jag drömmer (When I Dream)
17 Romeo
18 Romans (Romance)
19 Dolce far niente
20 Fåfäng önskan (Idle Wishes)
21 Vårtagen (The Spell of Springtide)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
22 Arioso Op 3 (1911)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
Five Christmas Songs Op 1
23 Nu står jul vid snöig port (Now Christmas Stands at the Snowy Gate) (1913)
24 Nu så kommer julen (Now is Christmas Coming) (1913)
25 Det mörknar ute (Outside it is Growing Dark) (1897)
26 Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (Give me no Splendour, Gold or Pomp) (1909)
27 On hanget korkeat, nietokset (High are the Snowdrifts) (1901)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Love Derwinger, piano
CD4:
1 Luonnotar Op 70 (1913) (first recording of an arrangement for voice and piano by the composer)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
from Six Songs Op 72 (Songs 1 and 2 are lost)
2 Kyssen (The Kiss) (1915)
3 Kaiutar (The Echo Nymph) (1915)
4 Der Wanderer und der Bach (The Wanderer and the Brook) (1915)
5 Hundra vägar (A Hundred Ways) (1907)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Love Derwinger, piano
6 Tanken (The Thought) JS 192 (1915)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
Six Songs Op 86
7 Vårförnimmelser (The Coming of Spring) (1917)
8 Lägtan heter min arvedel (Longing is my Heritage) (1917)
9 Dold förening (Hidden Union) (1917)
10 Och finns det en tanke (And Is There a Thought) (1917)
11 Sångarlön (The Singer's Reward) (1917)
12 I systrar, I bröder, I älskande par! (Ye Sisters, Ye Brothers) (1918)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Love Derwinger, piano
Six Songs Op 88 (1917)
13 Blåsippan (The Blue Anemone)
14 De bägge rosorna (The Two Roses)
15 Vitsippan (The Wood Anemone)
16 Sippan (The Anemone)
17 Törnet (The Thorn)
18 Blommans öde (The Flower's Destiny)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
Six Runeberg Songs Op 90 (1717)
19 Norden (The North)
20 Hennes budskap (Her Message)
21 Morgonen (The Morning)
22 Fågelfängarn (The Bird Catcher)
23 Sommarnatten (Summer Night)
24 Vem styrde hit din väg? (Who Brought You Hither?)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
25 Kullervon valitus (Kullervo's Lament) from Op 7 (1892, arranged 1917-18 for voice and piano by the composer)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
26 Mummon syntymäpäivänä (Birthday Song to Grandmother) JS 136 (1919)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
27 Autrefois, Scène pastorale, Op 96b (1919-20) (first recording; arrangement for two voices and piano by the composer)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
28 Små flickorna (Young Girls) JS 174 (1920)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Love Derwinger, piano
29 Narciss (Narcissus) JS 140 (1925)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
30 Siltavahti (The Guardian of the Bridge) JS 170b (1928)
Dan Karlström, tenor, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
31 Solitude (Den judiska flickans sång / The Jewish Girl's Song) Op 51 No 2 (JS 48 No 2b) (1906 revised 1939)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano
32 Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable JS 97 (1909 revised 1948)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Love Derwinger, piano
CD5:
Appendix: Preliminary / Alternative Versions
1 Serenad JS 167 (preliminary version, 1887, first recording)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
from Seven Runeberg Songs Op 13 (preliminary versions)
2 Kyssens hopp (The Kiss's Hope) (1892)
3 Hjärtats morgon (The Heart's Morning) (1890)
4 Drömmen (The Dream) (1891)
Jorma Hynninen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
5 Kullervos Wehruf (Kullervo's Lament) from Op 7 (first version, 1892, revised 1892-93, first recording)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
from Seven Songs Op 17 (first recordings of early draft copies)
6 Se'n har jag ej frågat mera (Since Then I Have Questioned No Further)
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
7 Illalle (To Evening) (1898)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone
8 Soluppgång (Sunrise) JS 87 (preliminary version, 1902)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
9 Judeflickans sång (The Jewish Girl's Song) JS 48 No 2b (Op 51 No 2) (first version, 1906, revised c1907 - first recording)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
10 Hundra vägar (A Hundred Ways) Op 72 No 6 (first recording of preliminary version, 1907)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
11 Teodora Op 35 No 2 (preliminary version, 1908)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
12 Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable JS 97 (first recording of the first version, 1909)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Two Songs from 'Twelfth Night' Op 60 (1909)
Original versions for voice and guitar
13 Kom nu hit, död! (Come Away, Death!)
14 Hållilå, uti storm och i regn (Hey, ho, the Wind and the Rain)
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Juuso Nieminen, guitar
15 Dolce far niente Op 61 No 6 (first recording of preliminary version, 1910)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
16 On hanget korkeat, nietokset (High are the Snowdrifts) Op 1 No 5 (first recording; arrangement for two voices and piano by the composer, 1901, revised 1903-5)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
17 Pastorale, extract from 'Autrefois' Op 96b (1919-20) (first recording; arrangement for two voices and piano by the composer)
Helena Juntunen, soprano, Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano, Folke Gräsbeck, piano
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